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Russia-linked APT28 and crooks are still using the Moobot botnet

Security Affairs

“Apart from the EdgeRouter devices, we also found compromised Raspberry Pi and other internet-facing devices in the botnet. . “We attribute the NTLMv2 hash relay attacks and the proxying of credential phishing to Pawn Storm, while the pharmaceutical spam looks to be related to the infamous Canadian Pharmacy gang.”

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GUEST ESSAY. Everyone should grasp these facts about cyber threats that plague digital commerce

The Last Watchdog

From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true. Ransomware programs gain access to a computer’s file system and execute a payload to encrypt all data. Warning signs. Ransomware.